Intentionally Leaving The Court. Violation?

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by Knights_Coach

I'm sorry if I sound full of emotion. You have got to understand, we lost in OT by 1, this happened minutes before the OT. 2 FTs and a possession is worth more than gold at that time.

I wouldn't expect such a call in that situation unless it's absolutely called for. While I don't believe in calling things differently no matter the score or time of game, the fact of the matter is I don't want to make a call that can decide the game without being 100% sure I was right. And like people have said, calling a tech in this situation is not 100% right.

Watch and learn johnny d.

Originally Posted by Knights_Coach

We had a game 1/26/15, it went like this:

During the 4th quarter, Team A's(them) player fouled out and this also put Team B(us) at the free throw line. Well, Player A gets so mad he leaves the bench area and playing court headed to toward their locker room. The referee spotted the occurrence, didn't allow us to shoot the free throws & told Team A's coach, & the other 2 refs he had to come back. Mind you Team A(us) is waiting to shoot free throws. The referees waited for him to return to the bench all while we waited over 1 minute. Team A never received a technical. I argued my point, tried to get a referee to come to me but was ignored. Never got an explanation.

NFHS 2014-15 Rule 10: Fouls & Penalties Section 5: Head Coach Rules, Article 5 states: The Head Coach shall not permit team members to leave the bench area and/or playing court for an unauthorized reason.
PENALTY: (Section 5) Two free throws plus ball for division-line throw-in. The foul is directly charged to the head coach.

Hi Knights_Coach! Welcome to The Forum. As you probably already know, the referee did not follow the rule explicitly. I am impressed that you took the time to look up the rule. As you may know as referees we have to exercise judgement to know when to apply the rules properly. Sometimes this entails using tools other than a technical foul. As other posters have mentioned the referee could have informed the coach to make sure the player leaving had proper supervision. In my mind the 'spirit' of the rule is to penalize unsporting behaviour -- in this instance storming away from the court which is showing up the referee. From your description it sounds like the referee could have called a tech, but whether he should have is kinda up to him.

What level do you coach? Have you considered becoming a referee?